The origins of western notation
By: Constantin Floros ; revised and translated by Neil Moran with a report on The reception of the Universale Neumenkunde, 1970-2010
Contributors: Moran, Neil K.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9783631615591
Subjects: Neumes; Musical notation
Work titles: Universale Neumenkunde
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-395) and index.
Table of contents: title: The relationship between Byzantine and Latin neumes; title: Classification of the Latin neumes; title: The neumae simplices and the tonoi haploi; title: The neumae compositae and the tonoi synthetoi; title: Byzantine parallels to the Latin ornamental neumes; title: The notae semivocales and the hemiphona introduction; title: The Litterae significativae and the Byzantine grammata; title: The names of the Latin neumes; title: The origin of Latin chant notation; title: The Byzantine origin of the Latin Dodekaechos; title: Notker's Ellinici fratres; title: St. Gall : centre for the cultivation of an artistically nuanced ornamented chant tradition   identical and corresponding Latin, Byzantine and Slavic neumes, figures and formula.